• AncientSoul@reddthat.com
    5·
    15 days ago

    Caran d’Ache are Swiss… Their pens are really nice. Leuchtturm 1917 (German) and Moleskin (Italian) make good notebooks (the paper kind)

  • geography082@lemm.ee
    4·
    15 days ago

    Bahco is European. And is one of the best tools in quality. Bosch it depends where it was manufactured could be just ok, or the worst shit you can buy .

    • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.orgEnglish
      1·
      16 days ago

      I’m on the fence with dewalt. Their tools are pretty cheap in comparison, but the batteries seem to be hit and miss. One hand drill i had i absolutely abused for years. It still works, it’s just not a precision tool anymore. Like i used it as a concrete mixer, and to drill 200mm holes into wooden floorboards. Bosh is a absolutr winner for me. I had hilti power drills before and they were “good” but super expensive. Also i had one drill that i had for like 3 years, but only used it like 4 times to drill holes into concrete. It stopped working and i gave it to a hilti guy to see what’s up. He said it never got serviced and it should be every year, and the repair was more expensive than the new bosh drill i bought. That drill i used for 10 years or more now. I use and abuse it almost every day, it has never seen a drop of oil or a service or anything. Also +1 for knipex. At this point everything not knipex is a waste of money to me. I already had a lot of knipex stuff, then i saw the video from the torque test channel (i think). And knipex was the only tool that passed the test.

  • Creat@discuss.tchncs.de
    2·
    17 days ago

    Scheppach may be German, but their products are all generic, cheap, white label Chinese designs. Not sure that counts.

    I’m aware most if not all of these companies produce in China, but at least it’s their designs in many cases.

      • SW42@lemmy.world
        2·
        16 days ago

        Same here. I like the battery system they have that literally fits on almost anything they make nowadays. Very diverse range, good bang for the buck.

  • zpteixeira@lemm.ee
    2·
    14 days ago

    An anecdote that illustrates the biggest problem for me with these. I’m portuguese and I’ve never even heard of Bi-office, let alone see them in stores.

    There has to be an incentive for shops to market these (other than the tariffs). We need euro or EU markings.

  • gabelstapler@feddit.org
    1·
    17 days ago

    Shocked that Leitz is no longer German, but an US company. 😲

    @Blaze: are doing anything else that posting in BuyEuropean? 😉